In which of the following year was passed the Environment Protection Act?

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1986. The Environment (Protection) Act was enacted in 1986 under Article 253 of the Constitution of India with the objective to provide protection and improvement to the environment. It empowers the Central Government to establish authorities, charged with the mandate of preventing environmental pollution in all its forms and to tackle specific environmental problems that are peculiar to different parts of the country. The Act was last amended in 1991. Environment Protection Act, 1986 does not contain any provision regarding public participation in environment protection. Hence, statement 1 is not correct. Section 3 (iv) of Environment Protection Act, 1986 asserts that Government should take measures for laying down standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants from various sources whatsoever. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

In which of the following year was passed the Environment Protection Act?

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